blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
troubled face; worried expression
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
prejudice; bias; distorted view
comprehensive; composite; all-round; all-embracing; general; overall
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
full of things one could poke fun at; full of inconsistencies; absolutely ridiculous
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
succession; continuation; series; sequence
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
online; on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
time; season; period; phase; stage
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation